We're really having a problem right now in our culture. I haven't seen one movie lately in which the story and visuals have been equally good.

Americans in particular are myopic. They're not traveling as much. When you were a college student, the next thing you would do on graduation was to take a year off and travel. That's what I did. I went to Indonesia.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I call myself a playmaker sometimes - but that's just a word. I don't feel like I have to have a title or a job description.

My aesthetic is not a Disney aesthetic at all, but when I met with the wonderful producers at Disney, they weren't looking for me to do their aesthetic. I'd already spent 20 years in the theater, so if they were going to hire me, they'd be hiring me for what I have to offer.

It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.

One of the reasons I love to jump back and forth between mediums is that film does allow me to be more literal. I can go to the real place. I can go to the Coliseum, and I don't have to fake it.